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ethnopoiesis

ethnopoiesis noun: the process of establishing an ethnic group.

Noun

ethnopoiesis (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The process of establishing an ethnic group
    • Ethnopoiesis is, therefore, a much more fitting term. If identities, or more precisely: ethnicities are made in a process of ethnopoiesis, they are consciously shaped, reshaped or perpetuated; they become part of tradition, if they are found they are heritage.2016, Stefan Burkhardt, Norman Tradition and Transcultural Heritage

Origin of ethnopoiesis

From ethno- + -poiesis.

Questions about ethnopoiesis

What does ethnopoiesis mean?
Ethnopoiesis means the process of establishing an ethnic group.
What part of speech is ethnopoiesis?
Ethnopoiesis is a noun.

Words near ethnopoiesis in the dictionary

  1. ethnopluralist
  2. ethnopluralistic
  3. ethnopluralists
  4. ethnopoetic
  5. ethnopoetics
  6. ethnopoiesis
  7. ethnopolitical
  8. ethnopolitics
  9. ethnoprimatological
  10. ethnoprimatologist
  11. ethnoprimatologists

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